AUCKLAND : New Zealand have never won a match in five prior appearances at the Women's World Cup and while they are long odds to beat Norway in Thursday's opener at Eden Park co-captain Ria Percival said the Football Ferns are relishing the role of the underdog.Playing in the same Auckland stadium where t
AUCKLAND : New Zealand have never won a match in five prior appearances at the Women's World Cup and while they are long odds to beat Norway in Thursday's opener at Eden Park co-captain Ria Percival said the Football Ferns are relishing the role of the underdog.
"We're always seen as the underdogs," Percival said on Wednesday."And for us, we've always taken it in stride and we'll do exactly the same with the first game tomorrow but for us we're just excited to be here, we're ready to go." "They can bring an attack," she added."So for us, it's just focus on our job that we want to do to obviously stop them from ... being dangerous."
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